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Contax C/Y Zeiss on Canon.. 50/1.7 or 50/1.4?

I'm thinking of trying the Contax Zeiss adaptered onto my Canon. Which would you recommend, 50/1.7 or 50/1.4?

I currently have the Canon 50/1.8 which I hardly use due to poor AF and tons and tons of CA. Most assuredly not my favorite 50mm. maybe unless I shoot B&W film on my Elan 7NE then I'll use it... a good dose of Ilford Delta cures most CA ills

Re: Contax C/Y Zeiss on Canon.. 50/1.7 or 50/1.4?

Originally Posted by sloth

I'm thinking of trying the Contax Zeiss adaptered onto my Canon. Which would you recommend, 50/1.7 or 50/1.4?

I currently have the Canon 50/1.8 which I hardly use due to poor AF and tons and tons of CA. Most assuredly not my favorite 50mm. maybe unless I shoot B&W film on my Elan 7NE then I'll use it... a good dose of Ilford Delta cures most CA ills

i dont get it, 1 reason you hardly use the 50 f1.8 is poor af, but you want to use a manual focus lens on eos30v? there is no split screen to aid focusing, unless you use adapter with af chip. even than, the af will still be worst than original af system in all canon's ef mount lens.

note also, film cameras newer than eos50/elan ll series have problem meter with adapter mounted lens.

Re: Contax C/Y Zeiss on Canon.. 50/1.7 or 50/1.4?

Zeiss 50/1.4 is an excellent lens if you can get the focus right.
I don't have 50/1.7 so cannot give my comment, but from what i heard, although both are similar in lab test, 50/1.4 is still better in field.
U need a AF confirm adapter or a good focus screen to get the focus right. Even i use both adapter and focus screen, i hardly get focus at /1.4 in field (just slightly recompose -> oof). Normally i use 2, 2.8, the result is wonderful.

Re: Contax C/Y Zeiss on Canon.. 50/1.7 or 50/1.4?

Re: Contax C/Y Zeiss on Canon.. 50/1.7 or 50/1.4?

Originally Posted by sloth

I'm thinking of trying the Contax Zeiss adaptered onto my Canon. Which would you recommend, 50/1.7 or 50/1.4?

I currently have the Canon 50/1.8 which I hardly use due to poor AF and tons and tons of CA. Most assuredly not my favorite 50mm. maybe unless I shoot B&W film on my Elan 7NE then I'll use it... a good dose of Ilford Delta cures most CA ills